Judson 27, Stevens 24, final.

Greg Scott made a great catch on fourth down, but was two yards short of a first down at the Judson 33 .

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Stevens starts at its own 36, and is moving well.

Mykelle Thompson catches a 7-yard pass on 3rd and 5, then Ian Myles follows with his first catch for 11 yards.

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The Rockets take the lead on Jones’ third TD of the game, a 13-yard run inside the left pylon. They got some huge conversions on that 11-play drive.

3:27 is more than enough time for Stevens though.

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Judson on 3rd-and-13 from the Stevens 29 completes a 16 yard pass to Jordan Montgomery with four minutes left.

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Judson has a 4th-and-3 from the Stevens 42 and Quaylon Jones breaks it for a 16-yard gain.

At the Stevens 26 with 4:47 left.

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Judson punts and downs it at the Stevens 1, and the Falcons are able to get a couple first downs and the ball back to the 35.

Falcons coach Lee Bridges had a tough call to make on fourth down, with about half a yard to go for the first down, a four-point lead and the ball on Stevens’ own 35. He chooses to punt and Judson takes over at the Rockets’ 22.

Seven minutes to go.

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The Falcons get a mini-cushion on a 33-yard field goal by Manuel Ramos.

Ramos took over as kicker a few weeks ago, beating Jabari Dabney for the job. Looks like he’s doing pretty well.

The nine-play drive by Stevens was its longest of the game. 3:40 left in the third quarter.

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Another Judson sophomore running back comes up big, this time it’s fullback Kenyon Clack (any relation to Cary?) running for a 37-yard score.

Clack is actually Judson’s leading rusher so far with 78 yards.

The extra point missed though, allowing Stevens to keep its lead with 8:09 left in the third quarter.

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Stevens punts on its first possession and the home crowd is not happy with the officiating.

On third down, Jon Tyson appeared to have enough for a first down, but the spot was marked short of the line and Stevens had to punt.

Stevens’ D’Vaunte Pete almost broke the opening kickoff for a score, but was called down at the Falcons 31 because of an inadvertent whistle by a referee.

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Both offenses seemed to drop down from fourth gear to end the half. What a great first half it was, with Judson getting 215 yards of offense and Stevens gaining 199.

For Stevens ,Brandon Pratt is 4 for 5 passing for 87 yards and two TDs, while rushing for 33 yards and a score.

Mykkele Thompson has four touches for 124 yards and two scores (three catches for 81 yards, 1 rush for 43)

For Judson, five different rushers have combined for 150 rushing yards, with Quaylon Jones getting 14 carries for 62 yards and two TDs.

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This Stevens offense is on fire right now. In nine plays, the Falcons have 182 yards and three touchdowns.

Brandon Pratt finishes off a 23 second drive with a 3-yard TD run.

Pratt started things off with a 28-yard carry, which was set up by a beautiful fake handoff to Jon Tyson.

Mykkele Thompson followed with a 43-yard run, set up by Judson thinking he was going to pass.

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Our first hiccup of the game comes on a Judson fumbled snap. Joseph Hubbs recovers the fumble for Stevens on the Falcons’ 26.

Judson was driving and had just converted a 3rd-and-15 for a first down.

Instead, Stevens has a chance to take control.

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Stevens takes up a whole two minutes to tie this up on an awesome 17-yard TD pass from Brandon Pratt to Mykkele Thompson.

Thompson’s route was up the middle of the field in double coverage and a safety was coming up when Pratt fired a rocket into Thompson’s hands for the score. The pass looked like a Drew Brees-type throw.

10:47 left in the second quarter, and Stevens and Judson have already outscored last year’s game.

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Judson reels off another 11-play drive, this time Jones finishes it off with an 11-yard run.

The key play was a 29-yard screen pass from Cody Boswell to Jones on third down.

Right now, Judson leads the time of possession 10 minutes, 57 seconds to 12 seconds for Stevens.

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There’s the quick strike. Stevens takes one play to tie it up.

After a kickoff return to midfield by Mykkele Thompson, Thompson then catches a 50-yard TD pass from Brandon Pratt. Thompson outran the Judson secondary and was clear for a well-thrown pass.

Thompson and Pratt’s QB rotation has been much discussed, and clearly they’re in sync with each other.

That all took 12 seconds.

6:44 left.

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Quaylon Jones, whose name might come up a few times, finishes off an 11-play Judson drive with a 5-yard TD run.

Judson was stopped on third down early in the drive, but got help from a Stevens facemask penalty. Later in the drive, Judson pulled off a fourth down conversion with a successful “roll right” and a six-yard completion.

A nice, long drive takes five minutes, but Stevens is a quick-strike team.

6:56 left in the quarter.

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We might wind up with a bit of an issue regarding player identification tonight. Stevens has called up its entire JV team for this game, which means there are 30 different instances where two players share the same number.

Stevens beat the six-time state champions in its first ever playoff game, a stunning 14-12 upset. They’re back for a bidistrict round rematch here at Gustafson Stadium.

Both teams are coming off some wild Week 10 games.

The Falcons beat O’Connor 38-35 on a Manuel Ramos field goal as time expired, as Stevens scored the final 17 points of the game.

Judson was tied with Corpus Christi Carroll 31-31 entering the fourth quarter, and went on to win 45-31 to take the District 27-5A title.

In this one tonight, I’m not expecting too much defense. Stevens allows an average of 25.9 points and 350 yards while Judson’s given up 23.1 points and 244.9 yards this season.

I think Judson wins a shootout, with sophomore Quaylon Jones going for 200 yards. Jones refused to smile at Tuesday’s Express-News photo shoot for our playoff preview. If he goes for 200 tonight, I bet he’ll end up smiling a little.